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How will you prepare acetic anhydride from acetic acid?
Write chemical reactions for the following conversion:
Acetic acid into acetic anhydride
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Solution
Conversion of acetic acid into acetic anhydride:
\[\begin{array}{cc}
\phantom{...}\ce{CH3 - CO}\phantom{......................}\\
\phantom{.....}\backslash\phantom{...........}\\
\ce{\underset{(acetic acid)}{2CH3COOH} ->[P2O5][\Delta] \phantom{......}\phantom{............}O + H2O}
\phantom{................................}\\
\phantom{.....}/\phantom{...........}\\
\ce{\underset{(acetic anhydride)}{CH3 - CO}}\phantom{..................}
\end{array}\]
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\[\begin{array}{cc}
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||\phantom{.........}\\
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